Excellent long exposures from Almelo. I didn´t even know that Almelo had canals before. But that will give you more exciting views for photography if they are going to be opened up again.
About cropping my photos, yes I sometimes do crop them. I try to shoot as I want them, but sometimes it´s just not possible. Focal length issues or an annoying background that I can´t avoid. So yeah, I do crop when I think it will make the photo better, but never much because you are right, you do lose some quality with cropping.
Thank you Hetty! Oh yeah, they are opening them for the last couple of years now. Haven't gone back to Almelo for a -long- time, just driving through.